"The Doctor Needs to Know": Acceptability of Smartphone Location Tracking for Care Coordination.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Care coordination can be highly challenging to carry out. When care is fragmented across health systems and providers, there is an increased likelihood of hospital readmissions and wasteful health care spending. During and after care transitions, smartphones have the potential to bolster information transfer and care coordination. However, little research has examined patients' perceptions of using smartphones to coordinate care.

Objective

This study's primary objective was to explore patient acceptability of a smartphone app that could facilitate care coordination in a safety net setting. Our secondary objective was to identify how clinicians and other members of primary care teams could use this app to coordinate care.

Methods

This qualitative study was c

SUBMITTER: Liss DT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5960037 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature